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Just installed 18.04, my wireless printer appears in Settings > Devices > Printers but doesn't connect/print.

I have therefore downloaded the printer driver from the manufacturer, Pantum, and installed it, this has created a new printer in the list which works.

Now I want to remove the non working one, I can delete it but then if I return to the page it is back.

I have followed these instructions: Cannot remove printer cups adds it back with no result. In CUPS I only have one printer (the working one).

Never had these issues with 16.04 and missing Unity already...

pomsky
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bigdaveygeorge
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edit

/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf

Then make change:

BrowseRemoteProtocols none

save and then restart CUPS

service cups restart

Iwaneez
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Set CreateRemoteCUPSPrinterQueues and CreateIPPPrinterQueues in /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf to "No" and restart cups-browsed service.

pomsky
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chilh
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This way won't work. Instead you should go to the printer internal settings via panel or web GUI and in network settings disable mDNS/Avahi. The printer will stop broadcasting itself to the network and once deleted from your PC it won't come back.

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